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David W. Johnson
Pleasant Harbor comments on EIS
January 2,2015
To: Jefferson County Planning Commission
Subject: Opposition to Black Point Resort
Please consider a concern that I have to offer in opposition to the development of Black Point
Resort.
In the past, I have worked adjacent to a golf course and am familiar with the fertilizing and
pesticide use that is used to maintain the greens. Red thread is a fungus that is common and is
controlled by regular nitrate and fungicide applications. The greens also need seasonal nitrate
fertilizer and other pesticide treatments. The plan that was presented by the Statesman group
was that they would be using organics to treat the golf course. The maintenance of the golf
course would be nearly impossible with just organics (manure spreaders on a golf course? not
likely).
It is also possible that the nitrates and pesticides could run off onto the clam beds or run down
into the aquifer. An informal measurement of the rainfall in this area was over 10" or rain in 3
days. Nitrates contribute to low dissolved oxygen and the "dead zones" that are now in Hood
Canal. In the aquifer, nitrates are very harmful to human health if found in drinking water.
The Hood Canal area has been used and enjoyed by tourists for over 100 years. Surely a
different location that is not above some of the Pacific North Wests best clamming beaches
could be found. Hood Canal is also notorious for the slow water flushing and replacement back
to Puget Sound. This is just the wrong place for a resort.
Thank you,
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Eric Hendricks
Eric Hendricks
1592 Duckabush road
Brinnon, Wa 9832
Saturday, January 3, 2015
About two years ago as a property owner on Black Point with a well on my property I was very
distressed to have the county tell me I would no longer be able to use ANY water outside the walls of my
home. Not even for the flower pots on the door step. We have a 5 acre property located at 104
Rhododrendon Lane, we raise fruit trees, berries and grow a large garden each year for our subsistence.
We have large lawns which we do not try to water as we know the lack of water availability on Black
Point as we watch the decrease in our water table since this well was originally drilled. We have also had
extremely detailed and expensive water tests performed at that time to set a base record for our well
condition and quality.
Knowing the existence of these environmental conditions when we purchased this property we installed
a weather monitoring station of the same quality and brand as used by many municipalities in this
country. lt is set to maintain and store a record every 30 minutes and has been doing so since 10-1.L-07
@ 6:12pm, recording heating degree days, cooling degree days, solar radiation, ET, wind, rain, etc.
I would like to ask a couple of questions about the Quilcene weather station on which ALL of your
weather data for Black Point is based upon.
7. What agency owns and maintains this station?
2. What make and model is it?
3. When it was last calibrated?
4. The frequency it records to record its data and how often it has failed to make its recordings.
5. Do you have an unbroken data set since 2006 as you say?
6. ln all these years why has the county not placed a monitoring station at this project site on Black
Point?
7. Does the county plan to rely on the developer for all of its future data or will the county monitor
the collection and testing of samples?
From past dealings with the DCD I can say without a smile I have little trust or respect for the county but
I must also say I have much less for the developer of this project. This lack of trust in the county
commissioners, the developer, the unsustainability of this project and the unrepairable environmental
damage that will be caused result in my total opposition to this development in any form.
Sincerely,
Terry Germaine
104 Rhododendron Lane
Brinnon, Washington 98320
David W. Johnson
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Friday, January 02,2015 11:57 AM
David W. Johnson
Phil/Karen; gampc@wavecable.com; awharris@wavecable.com; bob@wiltermood.com; don
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HCEC Response to Pleasant Harbor DSEIS
12-29-14 HCEC Comments Brinnon MPR DSElS.docx
Attn: David Johnson:
Enclosed is the Hood Canal Environmental Council's response to the Draft Supplemental Environmental lmpact
Statement for the proposed Pleasant Harbor Master Planned Resort. A signed hardcopy will be mailed today or hand
delivered on Monday, January 5,20t4.
Please reply and let me know that you received this e-mail and enclosed attachment O.K.
Donna M. Simmons, President
Hood Canal Environmental Council
(3601877-s747
nana@hctc.com
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